Situational Irony In Josh Patcher's Invitation To Murder

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The plot foundation of the story “Invitation to Murder” by Josh Patcher is daunting. The story is based off of situational irony. “Invitation to Murder” has situational irony throughout the story. At the begging of the story 12 men, who are inspectors or are related to the law, received a letter from Mrs. Eleanor Madeline Branigan explaining that her husband pasted away and she invited them to her house. Once all 12 men arrived to her house she seat them at a table, which had weapons on it, and educated them about her past life, next she explained what happened to her husband, Gregory. One day Gregory and his wife decided to go skiing, they were having a wonderful time until Gregory found himself in a ski accident. He was rushed to the hospital and was there for a …show more content…

Mrs. Eleanor Madeline Branigan went on and told them how this was not her husband, but a lifeless man. Then she advised the men how she was going to murder him tonight with the weapons on the table, unless them men can stop her by the time the clock stuck 12, anytime passed 12 she would not kill her husband. At 10:10 she got up to reach for the amber bottle of, what they assumed, poison, but the men forced her back into her chair. At 10:20 Mrs. Eleanor Madeline Branigan rose up and headed towards the poison again, but was compelled back to her chair. She kept trying to revive the Amber bottle, but , like the other times, was constrained back to her seat. When the clock hit 10:59, Gregory's eyes twitched and he took his final breaths. Then Mrs. Eleanor Madeline Branigan stood up and announced that the amber bottle was his medication and that he needed to obtain it to survive. Next, she told them that the medication could kill anyone by speeding up their heart too fast, except for Gregory since his heartbeat was slower than the average

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